ISO 3166-2:PS is the entry for the State of Palestine in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for each of the 16 governorates of the State of Palestine.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the State of Palestine. The second part is three letters.
Current codes Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages: (ar): Arabic (en): English
Governorates
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Code Subdivision name (ar)(BGN/PCGN 1956)Subdivision name (ar)For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Subdivision name (en) Bayt Laḩmبيت لحمBethlehem Dayr al Balaḩدير البلح Deir El Balah Ghazzahغزة Gaza Al Khalīlالخليل Hebron Janīnجنين Jenin Arīḩā wal Aghwārأريحا Jericho and Al Aghwar Al Qudsالقدس Jerusalem Khān Yūnisخان يونس Khan Yunis Nāblusنابلس Nablus Shamāl Ghazzahشمال غزة North Gaza Qalqīlyahقلقيلية Qalqilya Rafaḩرفح Rafah Rām Allāh wal Bīrahرام الله والبيرة Ramallah Salfītسلفيت Salfit Ţūbāsطوباس Tubas Ţūlkarmطولكرم Tulkarm Notes
Changes The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change Insertion of a new entry between PUERTO RICO and PORTUGAL; in accordance with ISO 3166-1 Newsletter V-2 New entry (no codes) (corrected ) Administrative division taken into account. Subdivisions added: 16 governorates Online BrowsingPlatform (OBP) 2013-02-06 UN notification of full nameFollowing the recognition of Palestine as a non-member UN state in 2012, the official designation used in ISO 3166-1 was changed from "Palestinian Territory, Occupied" to "Palestine, State of". 2015-11-27 Addition of romanization system for ara; change of spelling of category name in ara; change of spelling of PS-QQA, PS-JRH, PS-RBH; update List Source
See also Subdivisions of the State of Palestine Neighbouring countries: EG, IL, JO
References
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: PS